Vietnamese Student Union external vice president Uyen Hoang says fellow members believe the vandalism happened between 8 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday because the group had people around the office except during that time.

The printed message, posted on a bulletin board, reads:

asian women R Honkie white-boy worshipping Whores.

An image of an obscene hand gesture accompanied the enlightened statement. That is according to the UCLA Daily Bruin, which broke the story. Hoang confirmed the main facts of the situation, adding:

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What happened is that a racist and sexist slur was printed and posted on our bulletin board outside our office that we share with the Pacific Islanders Student Association in Kerckhoff Hall.

He said Vietnamese Student Union members took down the sign about 10:30 a.m. yesterday.

UCLA police spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein told the Weekly someone phoned in a preliminary report but that she was expecting a formal complaint before an investigation would begin in earnest:

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